Magazine pencil



Sept. 25, 1928.

F. PARTOS MAGAZINE PENCIL Filed Jan. 23, 1928 Patented Sept. 25, 1928-.

UNITED STATES :mais Puros, oir LoNDoN, ENGLAND.

MAGAZINE PENCIL.

Application illed January 83, 1928, Serial No.

This invention relates to magazine pencils of the non-rotating kind in which the lead carriers are housed in the external casing of the pencil, the lead carriers being provided with lugs which roject through slots 1n the casing and afford) direct means whereby the various leads may be pushed forward or retracted as required. I

In one form of magazine ncil of th1s type. I0 as heretofore proposed, the ead carriers have been loosely pivoted to bifurcated rods which have lugs projecting through the slots inthe outer ncil casing. In another form the leads are each carried by a flexible metal strip, whose other endhas a lug projecting through a slot in the outer pencil-casing. And in yet another form the lead carriers are held in writing position by means of racks on the slots in the outer pencil-casing with which racks the lugs on the lead carriers engage,

According to-my invention, I provide inside the outer sloted casing, an inner tube so grooved that itis substantially cruciform in cross section. In these grooves the lead carriers are housed and guided, each carrier having a lug projecting through one of the Slots in the outer casing. The lead carriers, at the front of the inner grooved tube, are inwardly stepped so that eac-hlead, which is frictionally held in a tube secured to the forward end of its respective carrier, is approximately centrally in position behind the opening of the usual conical nose of the outer casing. A screw or other cap is used to close the rear end of the outer casing. i

To hold the protruded lead in the writing position I secure a band round the forward end of the inner grooved tube so that the lead is held in the protruded positionby the pressure lbetween the said band and the lead carrier. To increase the pressure between the band and the lead carriers rubber and/or other packing is inserted between the band and the inner tube. Or alternatively I prom vide one side of each of the slots in the outer casing with a rack between the teeth of which the lugs on the lead carriers can be turned to hold the lead in the desired position.

If leads of different colours are used in the *v pencil, means are provided for identifying the lead it is desired to use. For instance, the lugs on the lead carriers may be coloured, or the band round the forward end of the inner tube may be suitably coloured, the colour 1:) showing through holes in the outer casing;

ing slots 2 therein 248,876, and in 4Great Britain February 1, 1927.

or the lead carriers may themselves be coloured.

In the accompanying drawings Flg. .I is an elevation of a pencil made in accordance with one form of'my invention;

l 1g. 2 is an elevation of the interior mechanlsm of a pencil made in accordance with another form of my invention, the outer casing and cap being removed;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1 with the cap removed.

In these drawings 1 is the outer casing havand closed by the cap l". Through the slots 2 project the lugs 3,-each of which is secured to the rear end of a lead carrler 4, housed in a groove 5 of the inner tube 6. Each of the lead carriers 4 is inwardly olfset as shown at 4a so that the lead 7 at its forward end is approximately centrally disposed behind the orifice 8 of the nose 9 of the casing 1. l t In Fig. 2is shown one means for maintaining the lead in the protruded position. This consists of the band l() secured-around the forward end of the inner tube 6. The band 1s slightly smaller than the inner tube 6 so that the pressure between them is such as to constrict the. forward ends of the grooves 5 thereby gripping the lead carriers 4 and maintaining each lead in extruded position when writing.

An alternative means for holding the lead in the forward position is shown in Fig. l. In this form one side of each slot 2 in the outer `casing 1v is provided with a rack as shown at 2a. To maintain the lead in any desired position, the lead carrier is pushed to the required position, and the lug 3 turned into the rack 2a, thus locking the lead carrier 4 against further longitudinal movement until the lug is released. If desired, both of the aboveI described means for holding the lead in the protruded position may be combined in one pencil.

In order to identify the lead to be used, the band l0 may be coloured on the part 0pposite each lead. These colours will show through holes 11 in the outer casing l, thus indicating the colour of the lead behind the hole. Alternatively either the lugs 3 or the lead carriers 4 may be appropriately coloured.

The interior of the inner tube 6 can be used as a magazine for spare leads.

I claim A magazine pencil comprising an outer lonlinx `gitudinally slotted easing, an externally bined reinforcing and colour band disposed grooved inner tube ade; ted to-serve asa. magabout said lead carriers, and said outer casing 10 azine for spare leads, end carriers slidab y having spaced openings formed through its mounted in sai-d grooves and inwardlyv offset wall whereby the colour of the band may be i at their forward ends, nlug mounted on the qviewed. i f'- rearend of each leadcar'rier and projecting In testimony whereof I have hereunto set through one of the slots in the outer casing my hand, this seventh day of Januar 1928. for projecting and retract-,ing the same,aco1n g p FRANCIS PAR OS. 

